Trying to change RGB on my prebuilt acer predator PC

Hello, i have a prebuilt acer predator PC that i am trying to change the colours of, the RGB inside will not change as it is not detected by openrgb, i have found a possible solution to this with Linuwu-sense, unfortunately, i always get this error when trying to install via copy and pasting the “clone and build the module” part

cd linuwu-sense-cli make install fatal: destination path 'linuwu-sense-cli' already exists and is not an empty directory. make -C /lib/modules/6.17.3-zen2-1-zen/build M=/home/victor/linuwu-sense-cli modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.17.3-zen2-1-zen/build' make[2]: Entering directory '/home/victor/linuwu-sense-cli' make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/victor/linuwu-sense-cli' make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.17.3-zen2-1-zen/build' [sudo] password for victor:                sudo install -d /lib/modules/6.17.3-zen2-1-zen/kernel/drivers/platform/x86 sudo install -m 644 src/linuwu_sense.ko /lib/modules/6.17.3-zen2-1-zen/kernel/drivers/platform/x86 sudo depmod -a sudo modprobe linuwu_sense modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'linuwu_sense': No such device make: *** [Makefile:45: install] Error 1  

not sure what error 1 means here, also i have tried to install the appimage file and nothing is working. GitHub - 0x7375646F/Linuwu-Sense: Linux kernel module to unleash Turbo mode, RGB magic, and custom fan control on Acer Predator & Nitro laptops! 🚀🎨❄️

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System:
  Kernel: 6.17.3-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=81986113-f974-4649-bb08-76858a7aca65 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet loglevel=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.19.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Acer product: Predator PO3-640 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Acer model: Predator PO3-640 v: 1.2 serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: 0000000000000000 uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: R01-A4 date: 02/21/2022
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
    microcode: 0x3A
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 9 cores: 12 threads: 20 mt: 8 tpc: 2
    st: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1024 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
    KiB, 4x64 KiB L2: 12 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 25 MiB
    desc: 1x25 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 941 min/max: 800/4800:4900:3600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 941 2: 941 3: 941 4: 941
    5: 941 6: 941 7: 941 8: 941 9: 941 10: 941 11: 941 12: 941 13: 941 14: 941
    15: 941 16: 941 17: 941 18: 941 19: 941 20: 941 bogomips: 84480
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate]
    vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire driver: nvidia v: 580.95.05
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as
    of 2025-08; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
    gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-1 model: GT-191 built: 2018 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 113
    gamma: 1.2 size: 432x243mm (17.01x9.57") diag: 496mm (19.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 model: Acer XB273 GX serial: <filter> built: 2021
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
    diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
  Info: Tools: de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: PC Partner / Sapphire
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Razer USA Kraken V3 HyperSense
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 1532:0533 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.17.3-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7af0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek Killer E2600 GbE vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:2600
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:6 chip-ID: 8087:0033
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.4
    lmp-v: 13 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
    v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 315.33 GiB (22.4%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN530
    SDBPNPZ-512G-1114 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 21113000 temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD10EZEX-21WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 315.32 GiB (66.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 632 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 315.32 GiB (66.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 315.32 GiB (66.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 315.32 GiB (66.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.45 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.45 GiB used: 5.05 GiB (32.7%)
  Processes: 430 Power: uptime: 4h 11m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.12 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1205 libs: 376 tools: yay Compilers:
    gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
  System install date:     2025-08-02
  Garuda release:          250801
  Last full system update: 2025-10-20 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-utils nvidia-open-dkms garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia garuda-hardware-profile-standard garuda-hardware-profile-standard-x11
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:            
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Hi!

Always reboot!

You are using a desktop. The github package states:

“Linux kernel module to unleash Turbo mode, RGB magic, and custom fan control on Acer Predator & Nitro laptops!”

Have you found information somewhere that the laptop and desktop uses the same rgb-controller?

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Because your Predator desktop obviously doesn’t have the necessary hardware controller. And as @Jernvrede already mentioned, linuwu-sense is only for Acer laptops.

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